December 2024’s Challenge is burpees for this month. I committed to Q’ing about 3 months ago. Of course, we all get busy, and this week has been no less busy being that I am headed out on vacation on Sunday. However, the Duck holds to his...
Read moreWarm Up – Nobody cares. Time Wasters. Thang – 5 Exercises per set (20 Reps Each) – Run the Big Loop in between Set 1 KB Swings Deadlifts Curls Skull Crushers Overhead Press Set 2 Merkins WW2’s Squats Calf Raises Alternating Lunch (10 each Side)...
Read moreTime Wasters – Warm- O – Rama The Thang – Simple not Easy This month is Mike Tysons for the October Challenge and being that I got a nice reminder from Workbench that I had the Q for Mayhem (Thank you, I would have missed this), I needed to come...
Read morePreoccupied with all the destruction going on in my hometown of Boone, NC and Western NC with the flooding, I completely forgot I had the Q for Parliament. Thank you, Adobe, for the reminder. This is something I think would be good practice for...
Read moreThe morning was perfect on Saturday, September 7th in the year of our Lord 2024. The usual bunch arrived for the Pre-Workout Murph and spirits were high. Lots of mumble chatter on the upcoming football games and lots to be excited about. YHC...
Read moreComing off a few weeks of stress and 14-hour days, I took the Murph off on Saturday and did Alcatraz which was perfect because it was a strength work minimal running workout to save my knees a bit. I looked at the calendar on Sunday and messaged...
Read moreIt was a muggy morning on the 20th of July in the year of our Lord 2024. I slept harder than I can remember from going to bed early the night before. I knew this one was going to be a doozy. I have been flirting with the idea of the “Toughest...
Read moreIt was a clear humid morning in the year of our Lord 2024 on the twelfth of June. I have been coming off a crazy 3 months of work with being out of town every Wednesday in the process and I have been missing one of my favorite AO’s. When asked...
Read moreIt was a nice 63 degree morning on the tenth of May in the year of our Lord 2024. Pollen was thick but I was ready to go. I had seen on Slack the night before that @Schlitz had a sick child and anyone who has children knows how heart-wrenching...
Read moreIt was a chilly 38 degree morning on the first day of March in the year of our Lord 2024. YHC had gotten up early to roll downtown to see a route by which we could get a few miles in, along with multiple rounds of body weight calisthenics. I...
Read moreEarly and Cold but feels good for a beatdown for my VQ at Parliament. It was the year of our Lord January 23, 2024 and the air was extra crisp with excitement and anticipation for what was to come. I concocted this scheme to try to close the...
Read moreIt was a cold and wet morning at the Estate at Reynolda Village. YHC was out late for me (7:15-7:30) with Zima for a belated birthday celebration. Waking up early and a little groggy from the night’s festivities I got to the Estate early to see...
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